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2020: I had to shave to wear N95s at work as an RN
Mar 1, 2026 12:41 AM
stoots24
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2020: I had to shave to wear N95s at work as an RN
BeTheFirstToComment
You and your sister
PostalHeathen
https://imgur.com/yc3lC8G.jpg
MrFancyPanzer
Went from recording studio producer to eccentric professor.
LordBrandonTheBold
Handsome. You look like a young Ben Franklin.
Nukls
Nurse Ben Franklin
DongleDingler
Go fly a kite
imredheaded
Huh?
JStengah
Big bushy beards made the type of masks most people wore ineffective, so if you were not an insane asshole and wanted to mask up to prevent accidentally spreading covid if you had it but hadn't developed symptoms yet, you'd shave your beard so the masks would actually fit and work properly.
REOJackwagon
*gets n95 made with the beard image from the top picture
TheMoonBnuuy
Oh you poor baby.
Krackajak78
I thought this was a transition post
PostalHeathen
Nah, no 'dead behind the eyes' look in the before photo.
RedTwoX
I really like your The Dude cosplay. Good stuff!
stoots24
THANK YOU!!!!!!
Hexidimentional
shouldnt you always be wearing a mask as a RN? you work with sick people
FellAsleepInSchool
Marsupialmessiah
Oh dont get me started with the rns going t I wal mart in scrubs. I have to shower because of potential antibiotics getting out and these aholes wear fucking scrubs in public.
dailysuicidalthoughts
My cousins is not a RN, but a dental assistant. With her current doctor she was conflicted to start working with them, because they are not allowed to arrive at work with scrubs on, or leave on break with scrubs on, because of potential contamination. She bought all her own scrubs, but a third party cleaning company does all the laundry, and they have lockers, and a changing room.
Apparently this is very uncommon. But she loves it now.
laserfork
Only if he is working with someone who has a communicable airborne/droplet-borne condition. Wearing unnecessary PPE is wasting time and resources.
Hexidimentional
think about what being a registered nurse entails, its an 8-15 hour shift of dealing with entirely random people who you dont yet know the symptoms of
laserfork
Being an RN in the ER is about seeing a bunch of random people. Being an RN on a hospital floor might involve seeing the same or mostly the same patients every day of your shift that week. If it's a long-term care floor, maybe you've had the same patients for months. And they don't have random things. Specific types of patients go to specific types of floors.
BodgeandScarper
That works only if there are never visitors, new patients, and the nurses live there, never going out.
In a hospital, where disease, viruses, and bacteria are having a grand old time, PPE is a no-brainer.
It's surprising that the basics are so difficult. But, then again, while visiting someone in a burn ICU (very high risk for the patients) I saw a nurse wearing zero PPE chatting with co-workers, while standing next to a patient.
laserfork
It's surprising the basics are so difficult because you're a layperson just talking off the cuff and don't really understand how infection control or resource custodianship works. No, nurses and doctors are not expected to wear an N95 constantly in the hospital irrespective of your opinion.